[modeleng] Re: Pins-striping tool

Glad to see you back in the land of the living Jesse!

Like many others here though, I used to work in a drawing office too, and 
still prepare the occasional plan or three, and was always told that the 
wire was for clearing the otherwise inevitable blockages caused by the ink 
drying in the tube. Rotring drafting pens, although looking different with 
their enclosed "shaken not stirred" nib design still need that cleaning wire 
to keep the ink flowing - unfortunately as it was usually the first thing to 
die on them!

Tony.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:43 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pins-striping tool


> Clif et al,
>
> The draughting pin I use is a Koh-n-or (badly mis-spelled) and it of 
> course
> has the hollow steel tube like a hypodermic needle, but inside it is a 
> fine
> steel wire.  The wire protrudes from the tube by about .020" and has a
> weight in the ink reservoir. I don't know if the wire is absolutely
> essential or not as I have never tried the pen without it.  If the pen
> "loses its prime", it is only necessary to shake it so the weight and wire
> move back and forth to get the ink flowing again.
>
> Jesse, in less icy (slippery) West Tennessee USA.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:26 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pins-striping tool
>
>
>> Hi All,
>> It always annoys me when I see the Bob Moore lining pen as it is only a
>> type of drawing pen for indian ink that I used when I was a draughtsman.
>> I just wish that I had thought of it first.
>> Originaly spring bows were used, then came the Uno pen in the late 
>> sixties
>> (which is now the Bob Moore) then the modern drawing pen. The interesting
>> thing is where does he get them made now ?
>> As the only essential bit is a very fine steel tube, is there any
>> possibility of using hyperdermic needles suitably cut down with a cup on
>> the top and given a polished end.
>>
>> Regards
>> Clif
>> Feeling very unhappy at the moment as I have just had a Hip replacement
>> operation.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Everett <deverett2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 7:33
>> Subject: [modeleng] Pins-striping tool
>>
>>
>>
>> What does the team use for pinstriping/lining out models?
>>
>> In the UK there is the Bob Moore Lining Pen at an exorbitant cost.
>> In the US there is the Beugler Pin Striper at an exorbitant cost.
>>
>> Does anyone use the Master Striper and if Yes, what is the verdict?  It
>> would
>> appear to work on
>> the same principle as the Beugler but looks much more affordable.
>>
>> http://www.misterart.com/store/view/001/group_id/2841/Master-Single-Line-Striper-Set.htm
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dave
>> The Emerald Isle
>>
>>
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